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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His father.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Alexander Ott.
(d) His fiancee.

2. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?
(a) They changed their vacation plans immediately.
(b) They ignored the information.
(c) They went looking for the shark.
(d) They decided to go for another swim.

3. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(b) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(c) Sharks are too small and weak.
(d) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.

4. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-eight.

5. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New York City, some newspaper reporters visited whose office?

2. Some hotel guests worried about the incident, others were sure the incident had been exaggerated and believed what had happened to the young man?

3. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?

4. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."

5. What happened to the animal at which they shot?

(see the answer key)

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